bogie
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Okay - Friday morning at Knob Creek, one of Arne's kids told me that there was a vendor selling Cetmes. Now, I _had_ been thinking of getting another AK variant, but hey - this thing's a .308!
So I wandered into the vendor's tent, looked at one, and filled out a 4473. Bought a "like new in cosmoline" Yugo SKS while I was at it.*
Picked up a few more Cetme mags down the street, schlepped everything back to the camp site.
Fondled.
Next morning, bought a bunch of .308, went by Arne's table, and we loaded up one of his interchangeable drums. Went down to the lower range, paid my $$, walked up to the firing line, stuffed in the drum, and yanked on the charging handle. Pointed the boomstick downrange, and "click." Tried it again. Same result. The tower adapter was very difficult to remove.
Figured that maybe his G3 adapter/magazine tower wasn't all the compatible with the Cetme, so went and got a couple of the Cetme mags.
Same result. Boomstick has become a clickstick. With the extra added benefit of becoming an instant california-compatible rifle - the magazine _ain't_ gonna come out. Eventually got things squared away and safe, and wandered back to the vendor's tent.
The fellow who owns the joint was there. Took one look at the Cetme, another look at the magazine, a modest yank on the magazine, and the words "let's exchange it" emerged.
Gonna buy more stuff from the vendor. It was Cole's.
*A little further down the road from the Cole's tent was an outfit with an ultrasonic cleaning setup. For $25, they stripped the SKS and dunked it. In significantly less time than it has taken me to type this post, they had it stripped, de-gunked, oiled, and reassembled. VERY nice looking rifle. I don't know about you, but it was worth it to me.
So I wandered into the vendor's tent, looked at one, and filled out a 4473. Bought a "like new in cosmoline" Yugo SKS while I was at it.*
Picked up a few more Cetme mags down the street, schlepped everything back to the camp site.
Fondled.
Next morning, bought a bunch of .308, went by Arne's table, and we loaded up one of his interchangeable drums. Went down to the lower range, paid my $$, walked up to the firing line, stuffed in the drum, and yanked on the charging handle. Pointed the boomstick downrange, and "click." Tried it again. Same result. The tower adapter was very difficult to remove.
Figured that maybe his G3 adapter/magazine tower wasn't all the compatible with the Cetme, so went and got a couple of the Cetme mags.
Same result. Boomstick has become a clickstick. With the extra added benefit of becoming an instant california-compatible rifle - the magazine _ain't_ gonna come out. Eventually got things squared away and safe, and wandered back to the vendor's tent.
The fellow who owns the joint was there. Took one look at the Cetme, another look at the magazine, a modest yank on the magazine, and the words "let's exchange it" emerged.
Gonna buy more stuff from the vendor. It was Cole's.
*A little further down the road from the Cole's tent was an outfit with an ultrasonic cleaning setup. For $25, they stripped the SKS and dunked it. In significantly less time than it has taken me to type this post, they had it stripped, de-gunked, oiled, and reassembled. VERY nice looking rifle. I don't know about you, but it was worth it to me.
